5 UX Skills That Can Help You Plan The Perfect Party this Holiday Season

Are you someone whose sprints are completed by moving merely a muscle or two? Are you someone who is completely sedentary whilst being agile? If you’ve answered in the affirmative, it’s pretty clear that your world functions on a slightly different plane. Being a part of the UX design community, the way you perceive and … Read more

Simplifying UX Design Metrics for Product Managers

Product managers aim to create products that fulfill business goals alongside building user satisfaction. But how can one achieve this aim? It’s simple. PMs can achieve this by measuring the usability of the product. In short, through usability metrics or data. Data is a great place to start addressing roadblocks between your products and their … Read more

How can PMs create an effective UX roadmap?

A problem well stated is a problem half solved. – Charles Kettering A Product Manager dons numerous hats – that of a skilled negotiator, a conflict resolver, a smart bargainer, a product visionary, a smooth communicator, and so on. But the most important role this individual plays is that of a problem solver. So yes, … Read more

Nailing the ‘Wow’ Moment in Enterprise Products

Imagine you’ve gone to dine at an upscale Parisian restaurant. The vibe inside is awash with enough French disdain to intimidate the best of us. You’re seated and then handed a menu in chaste French. Enter, the charming serveur. He treats you with genuine courtesy, overlooks your horrific pronunciation of “bouillabaisse”, and gently proffers the … Read more

10 Components of a Solid UX Design Brief

If a company wants to make the most out of its investment in UX, they first need to define what the most means to them. Every UX design project stems from a different motivation. A vague and unclear design brief often means even the commissioning party isn’t sure of what to expect out of it. … Read more

10 Lessons Learned From a Decade of Leading a UX Design Company

It was in 2011 that I started Koru UX Design with all of 3 members. We began with harboring the ambition of shifting the focus of software design from the business to the users. I’m immensely proud that in the years to follow, we did well on our will to prove that a happy user … Read more

8 Myths about the MVP Process Debunked for Product Owners

MVP, or Minimum Viable Product, is an often-used terminology that finds its origins in the Lean and Agile development process. It has now become common in software development parlance. Although the concept was coined by Frank Robinson, MVP became more mainstream after Eric Ries described it in his book The Lean Startup, “ A key … Read more

Dealing with Teams That Do Not Believe in Minimum Viable Product

The path of innovation is a complex one to tread on. Especially in an environment where conformity is usually the norm. So, when you have to convince a bunch of skeptical stakeholders of a radical concept such as a minimum viable product, things can get a whole lot slippery. We’re sold on the idea of … Read more

Minimum Viable Product: Your Guide to Knowing All About MVPs

The term ‘Minimum Viable Product’, or MVP was first coined by product development expert, Frank Robinson, who defined it to be a product with a set of core features that allows it to be used in a way it’s meant to be, and nothing more. In other words, an MVP is “The smallest thing that … Read more

The Strength of the Pack Is the Wolf…

A few weeks into this Bizarro world of self-isolation and social distancing, we as a team have comfortably settled into the whole concept of remote working. Sure, as individual members we’ve had our brushes with freelancing or working from home. But this global emergency has forced us as parts of a team to disperse overnight, … Read more